Scottish Transport Statistics No 30: 2011 Edition

Table 11.3 Average length of trip by main mode
Scottish residents *
1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2009
/  1999 /  2001 /  2003 /  2005 /  2007 /  2009 /  2010
miles
Walk 1  0.7  0.7  0.7  0.7  0.7 0.7 0.7
Bicycle  2.5  2.3  3.0  2.4  3.4 3.1 3.6
Driver of car, van or lorry  8.4  9.1  8.3  8.7  8.5 8.9 8.7
Passenger in car, van or lorry  9.4  9.2  9.6  9.0  9.2 9.3 9.1
Other private transport (eg motorcycle, private hire bus)  18.8  10.9  14.7  17.2  16.2 16.9 19.1
Local bus  5.2  5.2  4.6  5.4  5.3 6.0 5.6
Surface Rail  44.3  21.8  28.5  29.2  30.9 31.9 28.0
Taxi / minicab  3.9  4.4  3.5  3.8  3.3 3.7 3.8
Other public transport (eg air, ferry, non-local bus)  68.3  77.0  111.8  178.2  102.6 93.2 117.9
All modes  6.8  6.7  6.7  7.2  7.2 7.4 7.3

* See footnotes for table 11.1
Note: This table uses journey distance for mode rather than stage distance which DfT use in their published tables .